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  • Coca leaf morphology images with a statue showing coca use by ancient humans
    10 July 2024

    Coca – much more than a drug source

    Ben Evans, Emma Cooper
  • Herbarium specimens from the 1800s
    8 July 2024

    The Damselfly and the Fire Bell – Tales from the Kew herbarium

    Chiara Seed, Runfei Ma
  • Three women stand infront of an enset plant
    5 July 2024

    Preserving Ethiopia's biodiversity: A success story in enset conservation

    Sophie Jago
  • Collage of old letters, botanical art and two black and white photos: one showing women gardening in front of Kew's Palm House and the other showing a man carrying gardening tools
    1 July 2024

    Leafy legacies: revealing the stories preserved within Kew Gardens’ Library and Archives

    Laura Bagnall, Alice Nelson
  • Meadow under blue sky with two tall carved poles on either side of a mown path
    28 June 2024

    What is a meadow?

    Eddie Johnston
  • An orchid plant with multiple white flowers
    27 June 2024

    Darwin's Orchid: What pollinates this unusual flower?

    Eddie Johnston
  • Multiple different fungi growing on a branch
    19 June 2024

    Why we’re collecting fungi and how you can get involved

    Lydia Shellien-Walker
  • A large flesh coloured flower with ribs and veins
    18 June 2024

    The OTHER stinky flower putting on a show at Kew

    Brie Langley
  • A low to the ground shot of tall grasses growing under a blue sky with a bright white sun
    15 June 2024

    Welcome to Meadowland

    Eddie Johnston
  • Fog crests a distant hilltop
    7 June 2024

    Protection for Peru’s precious fog oases

    Ben Evans
  • Digitiser holding barcoder to digitise specimen as part of Kew's Digitisation Project
    4 June 2024

    Halfway point reached! 5 million herbarium & fungarium specimens now digitised

    Paul Figg
  • Wild flowers stretch into the distance on a sunny day in Wakehurst's Bloomers Valley
    29 May 2024

    Best things to do at Wakehurst this summer